Tha mi eòlach air an deireadh-seachaine ... = I know about the ... weekendTha fios agam gum bi deireadh-seachaine ... ann. = I know there will be a ... weekend.

Cha bhi mi a' dol ann. - I won't be going there. In English, you tend to use the present tense a lot for things happening in the future. You don't do that in Gaelic. Historically, the Gaelic future tense was a present tense form though, so there is a similarity.

QUOTE (Thecorgiwoman @ 07-Mar-2008, 05:12 AM)

Bithidh banacharaid Jonquele a'dol. My friend Jonquele will be going.

.. a' dol ann. You used the emphatic/contrastive form of bidh which is bithidh, and it fits very well here

Here is the link to our Immersion Weekend here in Tulsa. They haven't updated it since our last one, which was in October of 2007. They are really nice folks and it would be great to have you join us, should you find yourself in Tulsa at the right time!

My biggest regret is that I cannot attend the weekly Gaidhlig classes, as they are on Wednesday nights and I am committed elsewhere on that evening.

Tusla isn't exactly close to where I live (El Paso) but then again nothing is close to where I live! But thanks for posting that - I'll watch that site for updates. Hopefully I can attend this year. That would be great. I seem to be coming along nicely in my Gàidhlig studies on my own, but a chance to be an actual immersion environment would be a dream come true.

Yes, you don't lenite your own name when you introduce yourself. That much I know! Leniting people's names does happens when you use the vocative case - it's a sort of emphatic address of another person not used in English, but you may have see it in Latin translations (or English imitating Latin), i.e., O Ceasar!, O Augustus!, etc. In Latin it was used only in certain ways, but in Gàidhlig it's the general form of address, with "a" instead of the Latin "o" like so:

*As you probably know, when it's a man you're addressing you lenite (add the "h" when appropriate) but you don't insert the extra "i" (the so-called "analogous internal vowel modification" - I just call it the extra "i" LOL). So, when you're talking to a guy, it's Ciamar a tha thu, a Chalum, and not a Chaluim.

@GunChleoc - Hi I've been lurking at your Fòram na Gàidhlig for a few weeks, reading posts and learning things here and there. I just registered there, but I'm being a little shy about posting. I figured since you're the admin you might recognize my username, so no use in pretending I don't know who you are.

@GunChleoc - Hi I've been lurking at your Fòram na Gàidhlig for a few weeks, reading posts and learning things here and there. I just registered there, but I'm being a little shy about posting. I figured since you're the admin you might recognize my username, so no use in pretending I don't know who you are.

Halò! Is math coinneachadh riut, a Chèid. Tha mi an dòchas gum bi an dà fhòram feumail dhut agus gun gabh thu tleachd ann.It's good to meet you. I hope both forums will be useful to you and that you'll have fun there.

*As you probably know, when it's a man you're addressing you lenite (add the "h" when appropriate) but you don't insert the extra "i" (the so-called "analogous internal vowel modification" - I just call it the extra "i" LOL). So, when you're talking to a guy, it's Ciamar a tha thu, a Chalum, and not a Chaluim.

Tha mi duilich! I was studying the genitive forms of proper nouns yesterday when both genders take the extra "i" and I got myself confused. Sorry for that. I'm on allergy medications - that's my excuse.

Wait, wait, wait. In you last post, you were referring to my error about the vocative case, and not what I said about the genitive, right? You had me rather baffled there... LOL Nevermind that last post! Heh heh.

- Male names that have 'i' as the last vowel do not add a second 'i': Halò, a Dhaibhidh

Don't worry about my fuss about genitive and dative cases right now. Only the nominative and vocative cases are use when introducing and addressing people. Genitive and dative cases would be better discussed in a seperate thread if you are interested.